Barker, B. (2005). Land at St John's Street Bedford. Archaeological Field Evaluation. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1001189. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at St John's Street Bedford. Archaeological Field Evaluation
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 In August 2005 Albion Archaeology undertook an archaeological field evaluation by trial trenching on land at St John''s Street Bedford. The work was occasioned by a pre-application enquiry, regarding a development scheme for a mixture of both commercial and residential refurbishment and new build. The proposed development area lies in Bedford town centre, on the south side of the River Great Ouse, within land currently occupied by Telephone House. It lies within the bounds of the historical southern burh of Bedford, first described in an Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for AD915. The evaluation has demonstrated the presence of archaeological features within the footprints of both proposed new buildings and the play area. It has also successfully demonstrated the nature and state of preservation of the deposits within these features. Multiple periods of activity were represented from the Saxo-Norman period to the post-medieval period. The features identified included refuse pits, wells and gravel extraction pits. Deposits within these features contained artefactual material indicative of industrial activity: probably horn and metal working. In addition, remains were encountered which suggest that the site has been in continuous occupation since the 10th-12th centuries onwards. Preservation of the significant deposits was generally good. This included probable buried topsoil surviving below 1.0m of post-medieval and modern build-up. However, the earliest deposits may have been truncated by gravel quarrying in the western part of the site.
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Author:		 B Barker
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Bedford Borough HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2005
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Site: Land at St John's Street, Bedford
Parish: BEDFORD
District: Bedford
County: Bedfordshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 505090, 249250 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Horn Cores (Find)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HORNCORE PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) Quarry Pits (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Rubbish Pits (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Rubbish Pits (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WELL (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-16445
OBIB: 2005/55
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Created Date:		 23 Nov 2016